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The Boy Mechanic

Episode number: 1

Overview: Simple rainy day projects to "tink" around with - especially if you’re young at heart.

Making the New Workbench: Part 1

Episode number: 2

Overview: Build a solid, sturdy workbench without any screws, nails or glue—that you can break down and take with you!

Making the New Workbench: Part 2

Episode number: 3

Overview: Putting the finishing touches on your new workbench — the vices, the dogs, etc.

Inlay with Steve Latta

Episode number: 4

Overview: Beautiful "compass inlay" on a Pennsylvania Spice Box done in the Pennsylvania/German tradition.

Using Planes

Episode number: 5

Overview: Jack planes, combination planes, single iron joiners-Roy introduces you to the world of planes—not to mention snipe spills, skew mouth badgers, iron rabbits…

Roundabout Chair

Episode number: 6

Overview: Learn how to build an odd corner chair called a Roundabout Chair—found in the offices of Dr. Sigmund Freud.

Carving with Calvo

Episode number: 7

Overview: Need a sign? Let David Calvo show you how to carve one.

Woodcraft of the Southern Highlands

Episode number: 8

Overview: Take a trip to beautiful downtown Paint Lick, KY and meet the old bodger himself, Don Weber. Learn how it was done in the old country.

Woodcraft at Conner Prairie

Episode number: 9

Overview: Explore Conner Prairie, a living museum in the heart of Indiana. See how life was in the 1800's.

The Turning Triangle Table

Episode number: 10

Overview: How do you turn a round table into a triangle. Let Roy show you how.

Child's Rocker & Sliding Dovetail Stool

Episode number: 11

Overview: Let Roy show you how to make something useful out of scrap wood.

The First American Woodworkers

Episode number: 12

Overview: Roy shows you how the very first Americans worked with wood — the Cherokees of Cherokee Nation.

Paneled Cedar Chest

Episode number: 13

Overview: Watch Roy make a beautiful red cedar chest out of a tree knocked down by a hurricane.